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SOUNDBOARD

A Publication of the Alabama Music Teachers Association

Op. 64 No. 2

IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the President 2 Conference Update 5 Antoinette Perry 7 Catherine Rollin 8 Local Association News 10 In Memory—Peggy Baird 16 Audition Information 17 Alabama MTNA Audition Results 19 MTNA Foundation 20 AMTA Local Association Presidents 21 AMTA Executive Board 22

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Although it’s not officially spring yet, the weather has been wonderful. Great weather is sure to keep eve-

ryone’s spirits up along with active music forums! Festivals have been going smoothly across the state

and several local chapters have hosted judges’ workshops as well. As we prepare for AMTA auditions in

the next few months, allow me to enlighten you all of the great work you have been doing.

In our fall board meeting, the executive board voted to send $2,000 to the Louisiana MTA to help with

disaster relief in Baton Rouge. Since then AMTA has received a very kind thank you card from LaWanda

Blakeney, LMTA President. To quote one portion of the card, “Such generosity has restored my faith in

humanity. Despite all the evils in this world, there are still many wonderful, kind people!” Because of

state associations like ours, LaWanda said they have been able to purchase electronic pianos for all stu-

dents in need, have completely replaced all music libraries, and have made cash awards to teachers who

lost income.

Alabama is in the top five states for highest percentage of member contributions to the MTNA Founda-

tion. We came in 4th in the nation for January 1 - December 31, 2016 at 17.49% of members contributing.

Way to go, Alabama! I think Connie Teague is doing a great job at our state conference collecting funds

from our generous members, and I’m sure she has something fabulous planned for this year’s conference.

MTNA Southern Division competition was held in Columbia, South Carolina January 13-15th. Congratu-

lations to all students at Southern Division Competition! Alabama had several student participants over

the three-day competition. The following students from Alabama placed:

Young Artist Performance Voice

Entrant Instrument Teacher

Winner Cheyna Alexander (AL) Mezzo-soprano Paul Houghtaling

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Young Artist Performance Piano

Entrant Instrument Teacher

Alternate Aleksandra Kasman (AL) Piano Yakov Kasman

Senior Performance String

Entrant Instrument Teacher

Alternate Haeun Kim (AL) Violin Cornelia Heard

The weekend was full of talent, wonderful judges, and extreme organization by our very own Kevin Chance,

MTNA Southern Division Director. Great job students, teachers, and Kevin!

I would also like to congratulate AMTA board member, Jeremy Samolesky. He has been awarded the Ameri-

can Prize in Piano Performance (professional solo division) for his 2015 debut album Dichotomy. Please read

the full article here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/an-award-winning-

dichotomy-411033935.html. Congratulations, Jeremy!

Has anyone made plans to attend the MTNA conference in March? Instead of having our Southern Division

reception at the MTNA conference hotel in Baltimore, the state presidents voted to have the Southern Division

members meet at a local restaurant. Please let Kevin or I know if you will be attending the MTNA conference

and would like to come to the Southern Division dinner. The more the merrier!

If I don’t see you in Baltimore, I hope to see all of you this June in Auburn at our state conference. I know

Josh Pifer has been working hard to prepare a great conference and has already secured a wonderful guest cli-

nician and artist. If you would like to help with the conference in any way, please contact him. I know that

any help is greatly appreciated.

Happy Teaching!

Sarah Tanner—AMTA President

“The teacher, not a set of books, is the determining factor in quality results.”

- James Bastien

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AMTA State Conference

I am happy to announce that the 2017 AMTA State Conference will be held again at Auburn University on June 1 – 3. My wish is to have a record breaking attendance at our conference. So please mark your calen-dars and make plans to come to beautiful Auburn. There will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy learning and growing professionally; to meet colleagues, friends, new people, and students; and to celebrate our stu-dent musicians and their accomplishments. I am so honored to be able to bring to our conference two world class musicians as our guest artist and guest clinician this year. Antoinette Perry from University of Southern California Thornton School of Music will be our Guest Artist. She will present a solo recital, teach our collegiate masterclass, and serve as our judge for the ASRA Winner for the Division III recital. Composer/Teacher Catherine Rollin from the Detroit area will be our Guest Clinician and will be presenting three wonderful sessions. The first is entitled The Magic of Imagery - how the use of imagery can help our students connect with the music and lead to convincing and magical performances! Her “Museum Masterpieces” will be showcased as part of this session. In Technique and Artistry - the Inseparable Duet, Catherine will demonstrate specific techniques and analyze how to help students practice effectively with technical insights that lead to confident performances! Ms. Rollin will also give a masterclass for intermediate and advanced level students. The banquet will be held at 6:00 PM on Opening Thursday Night at the ALFA Pavilion overlooking a pond within walking distance from the Goodwin Music Building and with ample parking. We will kick it off by celebrating Happy Hour from 5:00 – 6:00 PM with a Cash Bar and live music provided by student chamber ensembles on the patio of the ALFA Pavilion. The food will be catered by the Auburn University Hotel and I guarantee it will be a phenomenal dinner. For our Member Presenters this year, we will be featuring Steven DiBlasi (our AMTA Board Secretary) and Tatiana Kasman who will share with us a wealth of knowledge. Some conference information is up on the website including bios for our guest artist and clinician. The total cost for this year’s conference will be $65 which includes: three days of pedagogical sessions, member presentations, student recitals, masterclasses, clinics, the opening concert featuring MTNA State Winners, Guest Artist Recital, Members’ Recital, the banquet, collegiate poster presentations, collegiate member presentation, and the amazing exhibit hall. For those who would like to bring a guest to the banquet, tickets for the banquet will be $30. Please keep looking at the website regularly for updates and more information about our conference. Online Registration will open on the website on March 15. Make sure to register ei-ther online using pay-pal or snail mail with check by May 21 to get the Early registration discount. Please take a moment right now and mark your calendars for JUNE 1 – 3. See you all here at Auburn for our AMTA State Conference!!! Josh Pifer—AMTA Vice President

Mark you calendars….

June 1-3 AMTA State Conference

Auburn University

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Antoinette Perry, born to professional musicians, gave her first public performance at the age of four. Since then, she has appeared throughout the U.S., Europe, and China as a soloist and chamber musician, collabo-rating with many of the world’s greatest artists, in-cluding John Perry, Leon Fleisher, Ralph Kirshbaum, Ronald Leonard, Brooks Smith, David Shifrin, Gabor Rejto, Henri Temianka, Joaquin Valdepenas, Carol Wincenc, Froydis ReeWekre and actors Michael York and Walter Matthau. She has performed with members of the American, Chicago, Cleveland, Emerson, Juil-liard, Los Angeles, Paganini, Sequoia, and Takacs String Quartets; with concertmasters and/or principals of the L.A., New York, Rotterdam and the Hague Philharmonics; the Concertgebau, Cleveland, Cincin-nati, Gulbenkian and Zurich Tonhalle Orchestras; the Chicago, St. Louis, Toronto, and San Francisco Sym-phonies; and the L.A. and Orpheus Chamber Orches-tras. Currently she is touring with Benjamin Hudson, former concertmaster of the Stuttgart Chamber orches-tra (the Hudson/Perry duo). Having participated in festivals in Germany, China and throughout America, Ms. Perry has been heard often on NPR’s Performance Today, the Bravo! Chan-nel, and Continental Airlines’ In-Flight Program-ming. Artist-faculty Emeritus at the Aspen Music School, she performed in over 100 festival concerts during her 25-year tenure there. She has recorded for Crystal Records, Harmonie, Pacific Rainbow, Pacific Serenades, Excelsior (Sam Goody) and Navona. “Le Dauphine Libere” has lauded her “irreproachable technique” and “a musical comprehension which could only belong to one of the Greats”. Germaine Vadi of “Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphine” wrote: “One felt himself to be in the presence of a great pianist---an absolute art of nuance, her subtle touch, and finally her perfect musical understanding, which permits her to assimilate the music of all cul-tures.” Distinguishing herself also as a pedagogue, Ms. Perry served for 12 years for the UCLA piano faculty before joining the faculty of the USC Thornton School of Music in 1996. She frequently gives master classes and serves as an adjudicator. Former students are en-joying successful careers as performers and peda-gogues throughout the U.S. and Asia.

2017 AMTA State Conference Guest Artist—Antoinette Perry

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2017 AMTA State Conference Guest Clinician—Catherine Rollin

Catherine Rollin is an active pianist, composer, clinician, author and teacher of prize-winning students. Her pedagogical compositions are recognized worldwide for their combination of musicality and “teachability.” She has over 400 pieces published with Alfred Publishing Company. Her music is also available in Japan through Zenon Publishing and in Taiwan through Continental Publishing. Some compositions are currently featured on many lists including the National Federation of Music Clubs bulletin where they can be found in the solo, duet, one hand, concerto and patriotic categories. Several of her pieces are also included in the new-est Royal Academy of Music Syllabus. She has received numerous commissions including those from the Music Teachers National Association and Clavier Magazine. She is also co-author of the 2011 edition of the highly-regarded college text: Creative Piano Teaching. In demand as a clinician and masterclass presenter, Ms. Rollin has given over 250 workshops in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. One of her most popular workshop topics is that of technique and artistry. Her groundbreaking ideas on the development of physical awareness leading to greater musical expression are at the core of her nine-book series: Pathways to Artistry. This series has impacted teachers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, and Taiwan with translations available in Japanese and Mandarin. She has also been in de-mand for workshops that cover the styles of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist and Jazz peri-ods. Additionally, she has given over 100 master classes in the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Ms. Rollin’s students have won state, regional, national and international awards. Most recently in 2016, students of Catherine’s were national finalists and 3rd place winners in the MTNA duet competition, regional first place winner of the NFMC’s Stillman Kelly competition, and first prize winner of the International Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Ms. Rollin received her pre-college training with Mischa Kottler, himself a disciple of Cortot and von Sauer, the latter a pupil of Liszt. Rollin holds a BMA with distinction from the University of Michigan and a MM from Oakland University. In 2002, Oakland University distinguished Ms. Rollin with its Alumni Arts Achievement Award. She is also a certified teacher by the Michigan Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. The greatest reward for Ms. Rollin is when her music compositions or her work as a teacher help develop musicians who have a lifelong love of music.

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District V News The Northeast Alabama Music Teachers Association gathered together at Jacksonville State University on Feb. 18th for a day of piano activities. Dr. Steven DiBlasi, who serves AMTA as Secretary and teaches at Snead State Community College, offered a masterclass to piano students from 10:00-12:00pm. After a lunch break, members reconvened and enjoyed a Judges Workshop presented by University of Alabama piano fac-ulty, Dr. Kevin Chance. For more information, please contact Dr. Wendy Freeland at wfreeland@jsu.edu.

Wendy Freeland—NEAMTA President

District VI News Shoals Area Music Teachers Forum hosted Margery Whatley for a piano master class on Saturday, Febru-ary 4. Five students had the privilege of playing for and working with Margery. Creativity, energy, and a passionate love of music were the order of the day. Truly an insightful and delightful time together! Our major event for the year, Music Olympics, will be March 11. Participating students will have oppor-tunity to play solos and duets for each other or take a keyboard theory test. They may also choose to take written tests on music theory, composers, and musical styles. At the close of the day's events, each student will receive a medal with a ribbon denoting the number of events successfully completed. Shoals area AMTA auditions will be April 7-8. Anyone who would like to enter students may contact Dis-trict chair Carol Lynn at clynn365@att.net. Noël M Beck—SAMTF President

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District II News The teachers of Wiregrass Music Teachers Forum are enjoying another year of student piano activities. Our annual Hymn Recital was held on November 1, 2016 at Covenant United Methodist Church with Michelle Bende serving as chairman.

A very successful Sonata Festival was held on February 11 at Covenant United Methodist Church in Dothan, with the winners recital on February 12. Our chairman, Rebecca McManus, appreciates the assistance of all WMTF teachers who enter students. Proceeds from this festival allow us to replenish our scholarship fund.

District II Auditions will be held April 15 in Enterprise at First Baptist Church. Carol Windham is chairman for our auditions.

Our annual Honors Recital will be Sunday, May 7, at First Baptist Church in Enterprise. At this time we will honor those students who have excelled in piano this year, and we will give scholarships to some who are at-tending various piano camps this summer. We also give a scholarship to any student who has been active in our activities who enrolls in college as a music major. We look forward to helping these students pursue their dreams. We invite past winners to return to play at this recital.

Janet Blair - WMTF President

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District VII News

The Birmingham Metro Music Forum has enjoyed several successful events thus far. There have been four monthly recitals featuring performances by students of BMMF members; Lucy DeSa gave an informative and enlightening program, Tiers within Texture: Deconstructing and Reducing an Accompaniment, for the BMMF fall meeting; and Kevin Chance presented a fabulous judge's workshop for the membership in January. Most recently, the BMMF Theory Examinations (which also included ear training and sight read-ing) and Master Class were held at Samford University. Barbara Shinn conducted a terrific and entertaining master class, engaging not only the students performing, but also the entire audience. The master class was followed by a presentation of certificates and trophies. What a wonderful opportunity for all who participat-ed!

We look forward to having Jeremy Samolesky present The Piano Pedal as a Means for Musical Expression at our winter meeting on February 15 and Nancy Elton from Atlanta present Unveiling the Masks in Schu-mann’s Carnaval at our spring meeting on April 19. Both programs begin at 9:30 a.m. at Alabama Piano Gallery. Upcoming BMMF Monthly Recitals are scheduled for March 4 and April 1 at Alabama Piano Gal-lery at 2:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the BMMF website: www.metromusicforum.com

Margery Whatley—BMMF President

Judge’s Workshop with Kevin Chance

Barbara Shinn with students left to right: Raymond Hou (student of Ron Shinn), Madelyn Friday (student of Cathy Taylor), and Noah Weber (student of Liudmila Hoskin) at January Master Class

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District VIII News Date: April 22, 2017 Location: First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Dr., Huntsville, AL, 35801 Deadline for Forms: April 1, 2017 Pick Up for Forms: April 23, 2017 Please read the detailed instructions on the Huntsville Music Teachers website—hsvmta.org. I have the 2017 updated Ron Shinn Theory/Musicianship Books for sale if you are interested. If you need additional information or if you have questions, please email me at eddosch@aol.com. Thank you, Frances Schwemmer, NCTM—District VIII Piano Auditions Chair

In Memory

We are saddened to announce the passing of a Huntsville AMTA member, Peggy Baird, who passed away January 13, 2017. She was born and raised in Athens, AL. She was a private teacher of both flute and piano in many states as she and her husband moved for his career. They moved to Huntsville in 1982. In addition, she was a private scholar of the history of music instruments especially as they appear as props in European portrait art. She lectured on this subject at many locations including the Collection of Music Instruments at Yale Uni-versity. She contributed articles to journals and encyclopedias including Clavier, Art and An-tiques, the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, and the Encyclopedia of East Tennessee. In her home, she assembled collections of flutes illustrating the development of the instru-ment over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. Peggy also owned and restored an origi-nal Clementi piano! She was a member of many professional societies on both sides of the Atlantic, and her favorite was the American Music Instrument Society for which she served in several capacities and always attended their conferences. She is survived by her husband, son, and two grandchildren.

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Audition Information and Important Dates District District Chair(s) Auditions Deadline

District I (Piano) Mobile Vincentine Williams

251-626-2712 Elizabeth Petro

251-478-6021 west253@aol.com

April 8, 2017 March 24, 2017

District II (Piano) Enterprise Carol Windham 334-464-1398 crlwindham@aol.com

April 15, 2017 April 1, 2017

District III (Piano) Auburn Karen Hickok 334-887-9830 hickokkaren@bellsouth.net

April 8, 2017 March 24, 2017

District III (Piano) Montgomery Sarah (Cheatham) Tanner 334-462-1741 sarah.cheatham31@gmail.com

April 8, 2017 March 25, 2017

District IV (Piano) Tuscaloosa Lillian Roberts 205-391-2399 lroberts@sheltonstate.edu

April 1, 2017 March 18, 2017

District V (Piano) Boaz Marche Altom 256-572-9442 marche.altom@gmail.com

April 8, 2017 March 17, 2017

District VI (Piano) Florence Carol Lynn 256-394-6254 clynn356@att.net

April 8, 2017 March 17, 2016

District VII (Piano) Birmingham Susan Berg 205-978-9055 susanruckerberg@gmail.com

April 8, 2017 March 11, 2017

District VIII (Piano) Huntsville Frances Schwemmer 256-881-6879 eddosch@aol.com

April 22, 2017 April 1, 2017

Pre-College Auditions (Woodwind, Brass, Voice)

Paul Houghtaling 646-345-5584 phoughtaling@ua.edu

April 14, 2017 March 20, 2017

Pre-College Auditions (Woodwind, Brass, Voice)

Paul Houghtaling 646-345-5584 phoughtaling@ua.edu

April 15, 2017 March 20, 2017

State College Auditions (Piano, Woodwinds, Voice)

Paul Houghtaling 646-345-5584 phoughtaling@ua.edu

April 14-15, 2017

March 20, 2017

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Composition Area News

Dr. Doug Bristol, Professor of Music at Alabama State Uni-versity in Montgomery, is the 2017 AMTA Commissioned Composer. His application was chosen by a committee of three—Lori Ardovino, compo-sition chair; Sarah Cheatham, president; and Mark Lackey, Samford University composer. His work will be performed at the June conference.

District District Chair(s) Auditions Deadline

State Pre-College & College Auditions (String & Chamber Music)

Julianne Odahowski

Steele julianne-

osteele@gmail.com

April 29, 2017

March 29, 2017

State Pre-College Concerto and Solo Auditions

Kevin Chance 585-750-7894 k.t.chance@gmail.com

May 12, 2017

April 23, 2017

State Pre-College Piano Auditions Kevin Chance 585-750-7894 k.t.chance@gmail.com

May 13, 2017

April 23, 2017

Audition Information and Important Dates

All District and State Auditions forms can be found online at www.almta.org.

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2016 ALABAMA MTNA PERFORMANCE COMPETITION RESULTS:

October 28-29, Auburn University

CATEGORY NAME TEACER___________ JUNIOR PIANO Winner Eleanor Lee Hyesook Jung

Alternate Mary Howard Ronald Shinn Hon. Mention Raymond Hou Ronald Shinn Hon. Mention Gareth Hill Lucerne DeSa

SENIOR PIANO Winner Dina Kasman Yakov Kasman

Alternate John Morris Lucerne DeSa Hon. Mention Yu-Hsuan Chang Ronald Shinn Hon. Mention Carmen Williams Lucerne DeSa

SENIOR PIANO DUET Representative Brittany Carey Fox Ka Man Ng

Maryann Lee SENIOR STRING Representative Haeun Kim Cornelia Heard SENIOR WOODWIND Winner Karenna Choi Nancy Vinson

Alternate Christine Sung Alina Windell YOUNG ARTIST PIANO Winner Aleksandra Kasman Yakov Kasman

Alternate Eamon Griffith Yakov Kasman Hon. Mention Hannah Roberts Robert Holm

YOUNG ARTIST WOODWINDS

Winner Madeline Cawley Diane Boyd Schultz Alternate Nikolai Klotchkov Michael Pendowski

YOUNG ARTIST VOICE Winner Cheyna Alexander Paul Houghtaling

Alternate Garrett Torbert Paul Houghtaling CHAMBER MUSIC WIND Winner Jonathan Childers, trumpet Mark DeGoti

Ben Elgan, trumpet James Bryant, horn Holden Covington, trombone John Seymour, tuba

Alternate Nikolai Klotchkov, soprano sax Michael Pendowski Logan Huerta, alto sax Steven Britt, tenor sax Taylor Bergeron, baritone sax

JUDGES PIANO: Sergio Gall, Owen Lovell, Tracy Xian WOODWINDS: Susan Tomkiewicz VOICE: Michelle DeBruyn

*Representatives are the single entrant in their category and automatically move on to the division level.

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MTNA Foundation News Shades of Turquoise

When you think of turquoise, I would suspect that many varying sights come to mind for individuals. The truly peaceful blue-green color comes to mind immediately as well as shades in gorgeous sunsets and waves dancing in the ocean waters. The picture that I would like for you to visualize would be that of a lovely tur-quoise building on the sugar white sands of the Gulf of Mexico on the coastline of the dancing turquoise wa-ters of the gulf and the lush blue sky as the backdrop. The sunset offers beautiful colors of gold, orange, yel-low, red, green, turquoise, purple...every color imaginable in the rainbow in the sky and reflecting in the wa-ter! Breath-taking beauty! Darkness falls…..the beauty continues. At night the sparkling white sand grains look to appear as little silver glittering lights sparkling just for your enchantment as you take a romantic walk along the beach. Wake up now, AMTA! Are you hyped? YES! This is the MTNA Foundation report. Now that I’ve mesmerized you with grand de-scription of a beach get-a-way, I want you to think seriously about getting there and about GIVING to our foundation. 2016 was a great year for us, fellow members! Thank you so very much for your generosity in giving to our foundation! We, the membership, are truly the backbone of keeping the foundation strong and functioning well. Our total for the year 2016 is $2,594.75. Louise Ballenger Amy Morgan Elizabeth Rutland Manley Blackwell Jeanne O’Connell Connie Schweigert Martha Brouse Diana Pettit Frances Schwemmer James Bryant Jody Coombs Barbara Shinn Kevin Chance Lyra Crapps Ron Shinn Barbara Chance Mary Crowell Connie Teague Kelly Carr Susie Dempsey Jodean Tingle Chi A Young William DeVan Margery Whatley Courtney Jones Kathryn Burdette Linda Williams Cynthia MacCrae Carol Evers John Wise Wendy McGee Karen Hicks Georgia Wise Rebecca McManus Donna Wilson Janet Blair To all of these contributors a very heartfelt thank you is extended!!! Your continued support keeps the foun-dation strong and viable. We also had a fellow in honor of Edna Lovett Brown donated in the sum of $1,000. To all those who gave in her honor, a heartfelt thank you also!!! Okay….Back to the turquoise elaboration. As always, I will urge every member of AMTA to give to our foundation as it IS your responsibility as a card carrying member. You exercise the privileges and you should feel responsible to exercise the responsibilities (not just paying dues, but adding foundation contributions to those dues) as a member. This year, you will have an opportunity to buy raffle tickets for a 2 night stay at Turquoise Place in beautiful Orange Beach, Al at state conference valued at $1,400. You may go to Tur-quoisePlaceAL.com to get an idea of some of the amenities of this lovely beachfront resort. The 3 bedroom suite being raffled is the perfect luxury getaway for a mini vacation to relax and refresh! So, get ready to think about YOUR nice trip to MY part of Alabama next time you take a little break and give to our foundation too!!! Can’t get any better than that! In the meantime, you may still send you contributions with you MTNA dues or to: Music Teachers National Association 1W. 4th St., Ste. 1550 Cincinnati, OH 45202 mtnafoundation@mtna.org Connie Teague—MTNA Foundation Chair

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Auburn Opelika MTA Nicole Agostino 530 Jasmine Lane Auburn, AL 36830 812-219-3617 nicole.agostino@gmail.com Baldwin County MTA Daniel K. DeKonty, Jr. 10407 US Highway 31, Apt 432 Spanish Fort, AL 36527 251-298-6388 baldwinmusicta@gmail.com Birmingham Metro Music Forum Margery Whatley, NCTM 3030 Overhill Rd Birmingham, AL 35223 205-874-6539 205-234-1355 mcduffm@gmail.com Huntsville MTA Dr. Melody Ng 301 Sparkman Dr. Roberts Hall 208 Huntsville, AL 35899 256-824-2579 melody.ng@uah.edu Mobile MTA Tracy Mank 1271 Savannah Dr Mobile, AL 36609 251-344-2155 251-401-2715 tracymank@gmail.com

Montgomery MTF Sallye York 7721 US Hwy 80 W Tuskegee, AL 36083 334-546-9834 sallyeyorkpiano@gmail.com Northeast Alabama MTA Wendy Freeland, NCTM 912 Coleman Dr Apt B-2 Anniston, AL 36207 256-453-2536 wfreeland@jsu.edu Shoals Area MTF Noel Beck 229 W. Lelia St Florence, AL 35630 256-767-6186 256-483-2617 nmrbeck@comcast.net West Alabama MTA Pam Penick 13471 Country Club Dr Northport, AL 35475 205-792-3944 pwpenick@att.net Wiregrass MTF Janet Blair 3096 County Rd 22 Headland, AL 36345 334-693-3115 334-796-7467 janetblairpiano@gmail.com

AMTA Local Association Presidents 2016-2017

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AMTA Executive Board

State President Sarah Cheatham Tanner 1651 Sheffield Rd. Montgomery, AL 36107 334-462-1741 sarah.cheatham31@gmail.com

1st Vice-President (Conference) Joshua Pifer 111 Goodwin Music Building Auburn University Auburn, AL 36749 334-844-3198 (cell) 661-713-5769 jkp0013@auburn.edu

2nd Vice-President (Membership) Mark DeGoti 530 Jasmine Lane Auburn, AL 36830 812-219-1548 MDD0012@auburn.edu Secretary Steven Diblasi 220 North Walnut Street Boaz, AL 35957 205-270-1473 sdiblasi@snead.edu Treasurer Alice Eaton 116 Woodland Trail Madison, AL 35758 256-721-5218 grandpiano@bellsouth.net Collegiate Chapters/ College Faculty Forum Melody Ng 301 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35899 256-824-2579 melody.Ng@uah.edu

College Concerto Chair Brent Reeves 3508 Laurel View Road Hoover, AL 35216 205-913-9985 brentreevespiano@bellsouth.net State MTNA Foundation Constance H. Teague 15120 Teague Lane #A Foley, AL 36535-3065 251-979-7130 ctnote11@yahoo.com Soundboard Editor Stephanie Archer, NCTM Samford Academy of the Arts 800 Lakeshore Dr. Birmingham, AL, 35229 256-226-7280 sarcher@samford.edu State Certification Chair Barbara Shinn, NCTM 1636 Kestwick Drive Birmingham, AL 35226 205-335-8736 bashinn@gmail.com Collaborative Chair Laurie Middaugh, NCTM PO Box 66 Montevallo, AL 35115 205-542-6948 middaughl@montevallo.edu Immediate Past President Jodean Tingle, NCTM 637 Odum Road Gardendale, AL 35071 205-305-3110 jtingle@bsc.edu

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Web Editor - Educational Technology Ron Shinn, NCTM 1636 Kestwick Dr Birmingham, AL 35226 205-601-3694 rshinn@samford.edu

Clinician State Auditions Coordinator Kevin Chance, NCTM 1924 Fox Ridge Rd Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 585-750-7894 k.t.chance@gmail.com

MNTA Competitions Chair (Collegiate, Senior, and Junior) Jeremy Samolesky 2428 E University Dr #503 Auburn, AL 36830 585-747-7609 jas0017@auburn.edu Publicity Susan Hoop 120 Jay Drive Madison, AL 35758 256-721-1192 susanhoop96@gmail.com Independent Music Teachers Chair Frances Schwemmer, NCTM 126 Robin Lane SE Huntsville, AL 35802-1002 256-881-6879 eddosch@aol.com

Composition Competition/ Commissioning Lori Ardovino Station 6670 University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL 35115 (office) 205-665-6672 (cell) 205- 229-5803 ardovinl@montevallo.edu Awards Chair Cindy St. Clair, NCTM 2524 Aspen Cove Dr Vestavia, AL 35243 205-612-0066 cinjstclair@aol.com Historian Kristie Smith, NCTM 6804 County Rd 41 Florence, AL 35633 Judge’s Coordinator Margery Whatley, NCTM 3030 Overhill Rd Birmingham, AL 35223 205-874-6539 mcduffm@gmail.com Advertising Chair Pamela Penick 13471 Country Club Drive Northport, AL 35475 205-792-3944 pwpenick@att.net String Chair Julianne Odahowski Steele 507 Oxmoor Rd Homewood, AL 35209 julianneosteele@gmail.com

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AMTA AuditionsCoordinator: College Piano/All Levels Vocal, Woodwind, Brass Paul Houghtaling University of Alabama School of Music PO Box 870366 810 Second Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0366 646-345-5584 phoughtaling@music.ua.edu Guitar Chair Robby Gibson 308 Navajo Dr. Montgomery, AL 36117 210-378-6781 robbygibson@hotmail.com rgibson82106@troy.edu Local Association Chair Janet Blair 3096 Co. Rd. 22 Headland, AL. 36345 334-796-7467 janetblairpiano@gmail.com Grant Writer Karen Hickok 334-887-9830 2525 E. Glenn Avenue hickokkaren@bellsouth.net